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"She was extremely lucky that she wasn't killed in a collision like that," Flight Officer Bourke told A Current Affair.

As the hit-and-run driver gets out of his car and sets off on foot, what he didn't realise was that well-meaning drivers who witnessed the incident were following him in their car - and that his every move was being filmed from the sky.

When the driver tries to make a getaway down an embankment, he's stopped by the witnesses, chasing him in their vehicle.

Eventually, they stop him and make a citizen's arrest. Police were waiting for him at the scene of the crime with handcuffs.

In other vision, four runaway car thieves can be seen attempting to dump their stolen vehicle - desperately trying to outrun the Polair helicopter, which is guiding police officers to their location on the ground.

"We deliberately set the aircraft up in a position where they can hear it," Flight Officer Bourke said.

"So basically, we want them to stop running as quickly as possible."

When they see the patrol car approaching them, the thieves are visibly panicked.

But with the assistance of Polair, all four are arrested and due to face court in the coming months.

Police are also increasingly using Polair as their secret weapon to crack down on illegal weapons.

The helicopters are fitted with powerful speakers, than are able to send messages to offenders on the ground.

In another clip of exclusive vision released by the QPS, men are seen shooting illegal firearms in a residential area.

The Polair helicopters are run in a unique partnership between the Queensland Police Force and Queensland Surf Live Saving.

The partnership comes in handy for things like finding and rescuing missing bushwalkers.